Abstract: An electrical power producing wind turbine eliminates the possibility of being struck by lightning, reduces the complexity of gear trains and simplifies maintenance at heights. The wind turbine is electrically isolated from ground to reduce the possibility of being struck by lightning and the generator is located at ground level to simplify maintenance. The turbine blade shaft is directly attached to a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic fluid is transmitted to ground level through dielectric tubing and acts both as an electrical isolating medium and a transmitter of mechanical energy to the generator located at ground level. The wind turbine blade, shaft and hydraulic pump are electrically isolated from the support structure at the upper end.

Abstract: An electrical power producing wind turbine eliminates the possibility of being struck by lightning, reduces the complexity of gear trains and simplifies maintenance at heights. The wind turbine is electrically isolated from ground to reduce the possibility of being struck by lightning and the generator is located at ground level to simplify maintenance. The turbine blade shaft is directly attached to a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic fluid is transmitted to ground level through dielectric tubing and acts both as an electrical isolating medium and a transmitter of mechanical energy to the generator located at ground level. The wind turbine blade, shaft and hydraulic pump are electrically isolated from the support structure at the upper end.

Abstract: A number of metal cores especially suitable for use in an electrical induction device such as a transformer are disclosed herein along with respective methods of making these cores. In accordance with each of these methods, the appropriate metal material is initially provided and thereafter formed into an unsolidified, preliminary shape. Thereafter, while the material is in its preliminary shape, it is densified, preferably by means of explosion bonding, whereby to improve its permeability and saturation field characteristics. In one embodiment, a metal material is initially provided as a continuous strip. In another embodiment, the metal material is initially provided as a number of plates and still in another, preferred embodiment, amorphous metal particulate material is utilized. In this latter embodiment, the orientation of the particulate material is controlled to further improve the permeability and saturation field characteristics of the ultimately formed core.

Abstract: An electrical coaxial cable is disclosed herein including an inner conductor and a concentric outer conductor electrically insulated from one another by means of a layer of dielectric material disposed therebetween. A series of concentric layers of electrically conductive polymer material serve to shield the insulation layer from the inner and outer conductors and also divide the insulation layer into individual concentric segments.

Abstract: A technique is disclosed herein for separating out one group of polar particles for example PCB molecules having polar moments of given magnitudes, from a separate group of polar particles, for example oil molecules having polar moments of lesser magnitude, in a mixture of the two. This is accomplished by utilizing a chamber containing a substance which has an affinity for the first particle, preferably neoprene in the case of PCB. The substance is carried by arrangements of electrodes or the like which produce a non-uniform electric field in the chamber which causes the first particle, e.g. the PCB, to be attracted toward the substance carried by the electrodes, e.g., the neoprene, faster than the second particles. In this way, first particles are separated out from the mixture and are absorbed by a particle collecting substance of suitable type.

Abstract: A gas cooled lightning arrester includes a plurality of zinc oxide blocks which are joined together to form serially connected non-linear resistors and capacitors. The blocks may be joined by clamps or metal plates may be bonded to the ends of the blocks. Cooling fins integral with the zinc oxide blocks or provided by the metal plates facilitate heat dissipation. The housing for the lightning arrester includes an inner wall which defines a channel for the convection flow of gas coolant.